Cypher

Syntax highlighting for the Neo4j Cypher query language in Sublime Text 3 and 4.

This is a modern, minimal .sublime-syntax definition. It replaces the long-unmaintained Sublime Text 2 plugin.

Features

• Highlights clauses (MATCH, MERGE, RETURN, WITH, UNWIND, CALL/YIELD, FOREACH, LOAD CSV, schema commands, etc), word operators (AND, OR, STARTS WITH, IS NULL, etc), and CASE/WHEN/THEN/ELSE/END.
• Built-in functions (count, collect, coalesce, toInteger, point, date, etc) highlighted only when actually called, so a variable named size or type stays plain.
• Namespaced procedure and function calls (apoc.*, gds.*, db.*) highlighted via a pattern, so no stale hardcoded procedure list to maintain.
• Node labels and relationship types (:Person, :KNOWS), property access (n.name), and parameters ($param, $0).
• String literals (single, double, and backtick-escaped identifiers) with escape sequences, and numeric literals (integers, floats, scientific notation, hex 0x, octal 0o, Inf/NaN).
• Line (//) and block (/* */) comments.

Colors come entirely from standard TextMate scope names, so the package works with any color scheme.

Installation

Package Control (recommended, once published)

1. Open the command palette (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P).
2. Run Package Control: Install Package.
3. Search for Cypher and install it.

Manual

1. Run Preferences > Browse Packages in Sublime Text.
2. Copy this repository's files into the Packages > User directory.

Usage

Files with a .cypher or .cyp extension are detected automatically. For any other file, choose View > Syntax > Cypher. To always open a given extension as Cypher, open such a file and choose View > Syntax > Open all with current extension as… > Cypher.

License

MIT: see LICENSE.